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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴

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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴

@RockstarJay94

94' Buddhist Missionary. Husband. Han Chinese. Malaysian. 周·太子晋·王氏·84世 · Dhp 273 The Path

Kuala Lumpur

Joined June 2012

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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Jun 10
Her: So what kinda of music you listen to? Me: Hip Hop. Her: Cool, what kind of Hip Hop? Me: It's Complicated... Buddhist Hip Hop: 🧵1. US / English Artist: Born I Song: Frozen Lake Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=YK1BH2…
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Jun 10
☸️From Amen to Amitabha, from Darkness to Light. 2 weeks ago, famous Taiwanese rockstar, Marz23 just released a banger of a hip hop song called 观自在, directly referencing the Heart Sutra from Mahayana Buddhism. As a famous singer who used to say Amen, quote bibical scripture
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Feb 24, 2024
Replying to @JakeHaleee
who gets to say how COD should be? MW2019 was the peak of this generation, no need to gatekeep how cod should be
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Sep 9, 2025
Wow, never knew that! Also, Canon derives from the word Kwanon which is Japanese for Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva 观音菩萨!
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@durdfarm
Sep 9, 2025
Funny that Nikon is both a camera brand and a technical term in Dōgen’s writing, meaning the living present moment.
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Sep 14, 2025
Printing was invented in China by Buddhists, to print Buddhist scriptures.
Archaeo - Histories
@archeohistories
Sep 14, 2025
Moveable type printing spread rapidly across Europe in 15th Century CE - In mid-15th Century CE, a quiet revolution began in Mainz, Germany, that would fundamentally alter the trajectory of European society. The invention of movable type printing by Johannes Gutenberg around
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Oct 25, 2024
Buddhism throughout history, has often spread through royal endorsement or government support, becoming deeply rooted in various regions. Today, few countries still uphold Buddhism as a state religion, as enshrined in their constitutions. Here’s 5 remaining Buddhist state:
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Aug 12, 2025
Japan IS a Buddhist Country! Buddhists have increased from 70.8 millions to 81 millions in the latest Reiwa 6th year census, this is a jump of 10 MILLIONS, that's 8.3x the total Christian population in the country. Meanwhile after its decline from 1.9 million to 1.2 million,
JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Dec 27, 2024
Meanwhile, 50-60% of Japan remains Buddhists, that is 70 million adherents with: ☸️ Buddhist priests and missionaries has increased from 300,000 in 2000 to 339,000 in 2022 ☸️ 192 newly added organizations from 2019 (Reiwa Year 1) to 2022 (Reiwa Year 4) period ☸️ Close to 700
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Oct 20, 2025
A heartwarming Buddhist wedding in Malaysia!
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Jun 28, 2025
The future of Buddhism is in Indonesia.
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Oct 27, 2025
🇬🇧 ☸️ Buddhism in the United Kingdom has overtaken Judaism ✡️ to be the 5th largest religion, soon to be UK's fourth largest religion? Religion Changes: 2001 vs 2021 🔼 Buddhism: 151,000 (0.3%) to 289,551 (0.43%) 🔻 Christianity: 42 million (71.6%) to 31 million (46.5%) White
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Aug 26, 2024
Buddhism in Pakistan, a flicker of fire reignites. In 2023, after years of international exchange & tireless initiatives by the Buddha's Light Mountain (Fo Guang Shan), a number of Pakistani ethnic Bhil from Sindh were able to hear the Dhamma for the 1st time in centuries. 🧵
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Sep 20, 2024
With #Buddhism declining in #Singapore, it's inspiring to see young Buddhists stepping up to propagate the faith and lead the congregration. At BW Monastery, over 800 people joined the Advanced Refuge Ceremony. Many were moved to tears as the Venerable spoke on bodhicitta.
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Nov 4, 2024
Korea-China-Japan Buddhist Unity? Buddhist Association of China recently attended the 24th China-Korea-Japan Buddhist Friendship Meeting in Japan. Led by Vice President Master Zongxing, a delegation of senior monks & representatives from 13 provinces joined the occassion. I've
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Aug 27, 2025
There are an estimated 1.6 million Buddhist monastics/clergy worldwide. That’s about 1 monastic for every 400 lay Buddhists—the highest monastic-to-believer ratios. Makes us wonder, how far can Buddhism grow if each of us reach out to more people around us. 🧵
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JJ Ashoka Wong ☸️🏴
@RockstarJay94
Jan 10, 2024
Replying to @wacke
but it takes longer to max guns and unlock attachments now lol
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